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Ptah

(33,759 posts) Thu May 8, 2025, 05:37 PM May 8

October, 2024. The end of a giant.

A cactus in my front yard was dying, so it was dismantled.
The end of a giant: https://www.democraticunderground.com/103813635

I saved a few remnants and surprisingly, it is blooming!

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October, 2024. The end of a giant. (Original Post) Ptah May 8 OP

Did you eat any of the inside? markodochartaigh May 8 #1

I have not eaten any saguaro. Ptah May 8 #2

I have rooted indoor cacti where the top was cut off from a rotting rootstock. Is that possible Ziggysmom May 8 #3

And it blossoms! Ptah May 19 #4

Oh wow! That guy was big!!!! Nittersing May 19 #5

I think between 120 and 150 years old. Ptah May 19 #6

Figured it was up there in years. Nittersing May 19 #7

markodochartaigh

(2,979 posts)

1. Did you eat any of the inside?

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Thu May 8, 2025, 05:41 PM

May 8

Does it taste like nopales?

Ptah

(33,759 posts)

2. I have not eaten any saguaro.

Reply to markodochartaigh (Reply #1)

Thu May 8, 2025, 05:49 PM

May 8

Ziggysmom

(3,810 posts)

3. I have rooted indoor cacti where the top was cut off from a rotting rootstock. Is that possible

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Thu May 8, 2025, 10:25 PM

May 8

here with some of the smaller tips? You can buy rooting powder at garden centers or online, and it works well. So sad to see the beautiful plant die.

Ptah

(33,759 posts)

4. And it blossoms!

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Mon May 19, 2025, 10:38 AM

May 19

Nittersing

(7,272 posts)

5. Oh wow! That guy was big!!!!

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Mon May 19, 2025, 11:16 AM

May 19

Any idea how old it was?

I love that you saved a piece and it's living on!

Ptah

(33,759 posts)

6. I think between 120 and 150 years old.

Reply to Nittersing (Reply #5)

Mon May 19, 2025, 11:37 AM

May 19

I had no idea it was going to continue growing.

Nittersing

(7,272 posts)

7. Figured it was up there in years.

Reply to Ptah (Reply #6)

Mon May 19, 2025, 11:44 AM

May 19

I think I would have cried watching it come down, but I get it.

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